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With “In a Prison Called Sugamo,” Newport News author John Roos examines the minds and beliefs of seven “Class A” Japanese prisoners of war who were brought to trial and executed at the end of World War II. Using classified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, interviews with prison guards, and detailed records of conversations with the seven prisoners, Roos sheds light on personal information about the seven prisoners, why they were selected for their military positions, their interaction with prison guards and other inmates, and their Buddhist priest during the last three years of their lives. These last three years were spent at a prison...

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With “In a Prison Called Sugamo,” Newport News author John Roos examines the minds and beliefs of seven “Class A” Japanese prisoners of war who were brought to trial and executed at the end of World War II.
Using classified documents obtained through the...

Matthew Fuller and Don McCrea grew up different eras, they fought in different wars and they returned home under different circumstances. But they share a bond of military service that resonates well after their duty is complete.
McCrea, an Air Force...

Hampton resident Hannah McKinney has been a member of the same Catholic church in the Wythe section of the city for most of her life.
The church opened its doors in 1948, the year after she was born, and she, as well as her five siblings, attended...

Call it the double economic special.That's what some city and state officials are calling Wednesday afternoon's Canon announcement after Yoroku “Joe” Adachi, Canon chairman and CEO, said not only is the company increasing its initial investment at its...

HAMPTON — In October, Kingdom Oguibe became a man from Nigeria who lives in the United States, and was speaking German in China.
No one was more surprised than he.
"It helped me see other cultures from a different perspective," said Oguibe,...

Sen. Mark R. Warner delivered a pre-Thanksgiving Day message to members of the Virginia Ship Repair Association Tuesday, apologizing in advance for giving them some indigestion.
Previous spending cuts have put a big dent in maintenance for Navy ships,...

For this month’s roundup of new releases, in honor of Veterans Day, we’re spotlighting military history and books written by members of the armed forces.
“The Early Morning of War” by Edward G. Longacre of Newport News. Nonfiction/Military history....

His eyes flickered momentarily as he reached for words. "I have some rooms up there where the doors are closed, but I can't lock them. That wouldn't be very healthy," he said cautiously, touching his head. "I haven't talked about it in a...

HAMPTON — She is a rare talent, a player that other players stop to watch and that coaches covet. Even rarer, she remains grounded despite the attention, determined to enjoy her gifts and effort.
Asia Durr is the consensus No. 1 prospect in the Class...

Gov. Terry McAuliffe heads to Asia Wednesday for a four-day trade mission.
His press office was light on details, saying they'll come Wednesday. But the trip does include a visit with executives with Tranlin, the paper company that's supposed to build...

One of the men sentenced to death for raping and killing a woman in a brutal 2012 gang attack on a New Delhi bus says in a TV documentary that if their victim had not fought back she would not have been killed. Instead, the 23-year-old woman should have...

At 656,000 pounds fully loaded and the length of six school buses, the Boeing 777-200ER is hard to miss. Yet nearly one year ago, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished, taking the lives of 239 passengers and crew in one of aviation's greatest mysteries....

Former CIA Director David Petraeus, whose once-bright political future was all but destroyed over an affair with his biographer, has agreed to plead guilty to sharing classified material with her, the Justice Department said Tuesday. The plea agreement...

Two airplane catastrophes put Malaysia on the map in a bad way in 2014. But they didn't hurt the country's tourism, and the higher visibility may even have helped: visitor numbers had their strongest growth in years. For the past decade, Malaysia has...

Avalanches have cut off at least three districts in a remote part of northern Afghanistan, the head of a disaster relief agency said Tuesday, a week after nearly 200 people died when snow buried their homes in a valley near the capital Kabul. Severe...

China played down U.S. concerns that proposed anti-terror legislation would give the Chinese government sweeping power to police electronic communications and marginalize foreign companies fighting for a share of China's $465 billion technology market,...

Envoys from India and Pakistan agreed Tuesday to find common ground but there was no decision on whether the rare meeting between the wary rivals would result in future negotiations. India's Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyan Jaishankar is in Pakistan on a...

Nearly a year has passed since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, sparking one of the most perplexing mysteries of modern times. Since then, search crews have taken to air, land and sea in a thus-far...

North Korea's foreign minister on Tuesday denounced criticism of Pyongyang's human rights record, dismissing a U.N. report that concluded crimes against humanity were committed there and telling the top U.N. rights body that the United States is engaged...

A senior pastor at a Canadian church has been missing in North Korea since late January, officials said Tuesday. Reverend Hyeon Soo Lim travelled to North Korea on Jan. 31 as part of a regular humanitarian mission where he supports a nursing home, a...